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Australian boxing superstar Tim Tszyu is “100 per cent” to kick off the NRL festivities in Las Vegas with a fight against one of the sport’s biggest names.<\/p>\n
The NRL heads to Sin City for the first round of the 2024 season with the Sea Eagles taking on the Rabbitohs and the Roosters facing the Broncos at Allegiant Stadium.<\/p>\n
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But Tszyu could be the perfect appetizer in a bumper week<\/a> for Australian sports stars in Vegas.<\/p>\n According to News Corp.<\/i>Tszyu’s promoters No Limit are in talks with the NRL for ‘The Soul Taker’ to take on a boxing superstar in February.<\/p>\n This comes after Fox Sports Nick Walshaw revealed that No Limit is targeting Jermell Charlo, Errol Spence or Terence Crawford as Tszyu’s opponent if he gets past Brian Mendoza in his first world title defense.<\/p>\n As well as taking part in what could be one of the biggest weeks in Australian sport, Tszyu is rubbing his hands at the thought of landing his first fight in the ‘mecca of boxing’.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m 100% for this,\u201d Tszyu said News Corp.<\/i>.<\/p>\n “I’m focusing on Mendoza first, then everyone can be excited about what’s on the horizon. There will already be plenty of Australians there to support their teams, so why not? The stars are coming always for big fights and big events, so it makes sense. It’s an all-Australian takeover.<\/p>\n \u201cI feel amazing!\u201d \u00bb Mendoza prepared | 03:57<\/p>\n \u201cFor me, it\u2019s just the big fights from now on.<\/p>\n \u201cEveryone knows the names I want. That’s why I told my promoters that we had to head to the Mecca of boxing: Las Vegas.<\/p>\n REVEALED: HOW TIM’S RIVAL BEAT HIS FATHER 30 YEARS AGO<\/b><\/p>\n Ismael Salas will never forget the night his fighter beat Kostya Tszyu.<\/p>\n Never mind that it was 30 years ago.<\/p>\n Or that since then his life has been filled with 22 world champions.<\/p>\n Think about guys like Felix Savon, Joel Casamayor, Yuri Gamboa, Jorge Linares<\/a>, Guillermo Rigondeaux, David Haye, Erislandy Lara, and even Australia’s Danny Green.<\/p>\n But the fighter we want to talk about today?<\/p>\n It’s Jesus Sollet.<\/p>\n \u201cOh, yes,\u201d Salas begins, knowing exactly where our conversation is going.<\/p>\n \u201cVery technical boxer.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd his fight with Kostya, incredible.<\/p>\n \u201cVery competitive.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s why I\u2019ve known Kostya Tszyu for many years.<\/p>\n \u201cWe also met a few times here in Australia when I was working with Danny Green.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd Tim, he\u2019s now a great fighter like his father.<\/p>\n \u201cVery similar style.<\/p>\n MORE NEWS TSZYU VS MENDOZA<\/b><\/p>\n START<\/a> TIME: What time does Tim Tszyu vs. Brian Mendoza start?<\/b><\/p>\n ULTIMATE GUIDE: Everything you need to know about Tszyu vs Mendoza<\/b><\/p>\n \u201cI want to chase glory!\u201d \u00bb The stranger waits | 02:58<\/p>\n \u201cBut if we have to fight, we fight.\u201d<\/p>\n Exactly 30 years after Salas orchestrated that victory against a burgeoning, heavy-handed, rat-tailed Russian amateur \u2013 a kid who would eventually take over the fight world, winning multiple titles \u2013 the famed Cuban trainer now attempts to end his son.<\/p>\n Or more precisely, take Tim Tszyu’s WBO super middleweight title.<\/p>\n With the now Las Vegas-based trainer on the Gold Coast this afternoon, walking to the ring with his latest prot\u00e9g\u00e9, American world title contender Brian Mendoza.<\/p>\n Although he entered the Australian Championship headliner after a string of three consecutive knockouts, Mendoza will still open as a betting underdog against Tszyu, the Australian poster boy who is himself undefeated in 23 fights.<\/p>\n A fighter also whose future opponents are mentioned like Jermell Charlo, Terence Crawford, Errol Spence Jnr, even Canelo Alvarez.<\/p>\n